A 29-year-old woman died Tuesday in a traffic crash along Old Highway 52 north of Lexington.

North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers said the driver of a tractor-trailer crossed the center line and jackknifed, causing a Honda car headed in the opposite direction to crash with the tractor-trailer head-on.

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The driver of the Honda, Melissa Rierson Loftin, of Lexington, died in the crash.